What is a Lotus Notes application
A Lotus Notes application is similar in concept and function to a Microsoft Access database just like Lotus Notes mail is similar to Microsoft Outlook and other mail systems such as Gmail.
An application or database is a container of data (hence the name database). Data can also be known as a record or in Lotus Notes language as a document. The documents within the Lotus Notes application can be displayed in various ways, manipulated by actions and workflow, and can store a variety of data such as text, rich text and files.
An application is made up of:
Forms: An example of a form is the memo form in our mail. A form is a page with fields that we put values into such as the To field in the memo form. The following screenshot shows an example of a form in a timesheets application. We add times against a project that has tasks. The current Workflow Status of this timesheet is Draft as it is new.
Fields: We find fields in forms such as the To field in the memo...
